Tobacco-can.



A. L. DEAN & P. W. BUCHANAN.

TUBACCO CAN. APPLZCATION FILED 1A-.25, 1915.

Patented June 20, 1916.

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ALBERT L. DEAN AND PAUL W. BUCHANAN, F LONGMONT, COLORAIDG.

TOBACCO-CAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent. ymttgntgd June 21]): 1916..

Application filed ianuary 25. 1915. Serial 1%. 4,414.

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ALBERT L. DEAN and PAUL W. BUCHANAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Longmont, in the county of Boulder and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Tobacco-Can, of

which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in tobacco cans to be used especially in packing tobacco for retail sale, and the objects of the invention are to provide a simple, cheaply constructed can from which material closely packed in the can may be easily andconveniently removed even when the drawings, in. which-- eral views.

. ,A is the body Figure 1 is a side elevation of a can with the top in place and the movable bottom inside the can indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a top view or plan of. the can shown in Fig. 1 with the top and bottom removed.

Fig. 3 is a cross section of a can and bottom on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one form of movable can, bottom. Fig. 5 is a plan of the bottom shown in 4. Fig. 6 is a top view or plan of a modified form of can with top and bottom I removed. Fig. 7 is one form of bottom,

shown in plan, and shaped to fit in the form of can shown in Fig. 6. p

The' drawings represent a can adapted especially to be carried in the pocket. Such a can is preferably flattened or elongated in cross section, either with flat sides as shown tomake, it convenient to be carried in the pocket;

In the drawings the same letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the sev- I of the can and may be made ofisheet metal, as tinned iron, bent in shape with its ends joined at a seam B. Seam B may be a folded or soldered seam or both, depending upon the size and strength of can desired. The

at G both outside'and inside to strengthen the base of the can and to form an inward inFig. 2 or curved sides as shown in Fig. 6

' Figs. 1 and lower edge of the body A atv F, res ectivel the sides of the open base of the can is rolled flange as a suitable stop for the movable bottom. D is an outward fold rolled in the body of the can near the top to strengthen the top of the can and act as a suitable stop for the can cover.

E is the top or cover of the can and may be hinged to the can or not as desired.

F is a flat bottom shaped the same as the plan of the can in which it is to be used. In the form of bottom shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the flat bottom has a peripheral flange G extending perpendicular to the flat bottom and wrapped around and joined to F about its edges and folded or soldered at the joint H. Parts F and G may be folded {together or soldered as may be desired and depending somewhat upon the size of can and weight of metal used. F and G, which together form the movable bottom of the. can, are made of size to fit snugly inside the body of the can A. If necessary the flat portion of the bottom F is notched at I and the flange G is creased at J to allow passage along the seam B of the can. I

To insure an even forward movement of the movable bottom, the peripheral flange,

. which acts 'as a guide, is made of width or height approximately equal to the width of the can in which it is to'be used. This is to v prevent the possibility of the bottom twisting or turning in the can. The movable bottom is made .of suficient width to slightly spring the sides of the can outward to insure a restraining pressure against the bottom by the sides.

' One side of the body A is corrugated or creased as by rolling inward folds K in the side of the can. These corrugation folds are provided to wedge against the flange of the movable bottom as the bottom ward in the can and normally hold the movable bottom in any position in which it may be placed in the can. When the flat portion of the movable bottom is pressed upward past any fold K the side of the can springs back under the bottom further insuring the bottom against falling back to the base of the can.

F and G in Fig. '1' and F and G in 3 show a simplified form of movable bottom. The flat portion F and being rolled as one piece or G. This construcsmall cans where light bottom shown with the flange Gr tion may be used in weight metal is used. The

is moved upto allow passage along the seam of the can;

In packing this can for retail sale of tobacco the movable bottom is slipped in the can at the top and forced past the corrugations and against the roll C at the base. The can is then packed with tobacco, using paper around the tobacco if desired, and the top put in place and sealed with the usual revenue seal.

The use of the canwill be apparent. When tobacco is being used from the can the bottom is pressed upward inside the can by the fingers or thumb carrying the unused tobacco upward to the top of the can. In this manner the tobacco is always kept at the top of the can where it can be readily removed with the fingers. The movable bottom fits snugly against the sides of the can and in addition the folds K wedge against the flange of the bottom and tend to hold it in place, and prevent its fallin back to the base of the can.

' We claim:

1. A tobacco can having flattened sides thereon and adapted to fit in said can snugly.

against the sides thereof, inward folds in onebf said flattened sides adapted to press against said flange and extend under the edge of said bottom when said bottom is forced upward in said can, substantially as described.

2. A tobacco can having flattened sides forming a can of elongated cross section, a similarly elongated movable bottom having a peripheral guide flange of width approximately equal to the shorter width of said can and adapted to fit snugly inside said can, an inward flange, at the base of said can forming a stop for said bottom, inward folds in one of said flattened sides adapted to press against said flangedbottom and spring under the edge thereof when said bottom is forced upward in said can, substantially as described.

ALBERT L. DEAN. l

g PAUL W. BUCHANAN.

Witnesses:

Ran H. KITELEY, ,GZ'E. SMITH. 

